Kamas Surname
Approximately 2,422 people bear this surname
Kamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 527 | 1:140,189 | 14,872 |
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| Czechia | 202 | 1:52,641 | 8,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 187 | 1:43,603 | 5,342 |
| Slovakia | 158 | 1:33,775 | 6,114 |
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Poland | 60 | 1:633,479 | 56,390 |
| Greece | 55 | 1:201,451 | 31,872 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 1:337,176 | 16,710 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Kamaş (506) & Kamaś (1) are calculated separately.
Kamas (1,359) may also be a first name.
Kamas Demographics
Kamas Political Affiliation
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Kamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamas (Russian: Камас) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as: Kamaş or Kamaś. Click here for other potential spellings of Kamas.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 176,654th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,008,896 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Kamas live; 22 percent live in East Africa and 22 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kamas is also the 212,690th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 1,359 people.
Kamas is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 527 people, or 1 in 140,189. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Kamas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (67%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kamas surname are 27.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.12% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kamas earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 15.13% more than the national average, earning $49,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.92% less than the national average, earning $42,272 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamas in the Russian language | ||
| Камас | kamas | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kamas
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